Weight of stock 18" wheel?

[Redhawkjrt]

Does anyone know what the weight of the stock 18" wheel on the RX-8 is? I want to start looking for lighter weight alternatives.

Redhawk

[mazdadude7]

21.5 according to my cheap bathroom scale

[JL1RX7]

Thats not that bad considering the BBS vert rims are 12. Which are some of the lightest ones you can find. Even factoring in the size difference.

[Chibana]

That also agrees with what Brian Goodwin told me when I asked him about mine (on an 09 RX-8).

[Renesisking]

Being only 20lbs makes it hard to get a worth while light weight rim. I've been looking around and the ones i've seen weigh more. The ones that weigh considerably less are very expensive. I don't see a problem using the OEM wheels for autox, or tracking.

[Chibana]

I came to the same conclusion. The OEM wheels are quite light for OEM wheels of that size. I ended up going with a set of bronze Axis Circuit wheels (18x8.5"), which are forged by Rays Engineering. They weigh in at around 16 lbs., if I remember correctly.